Category Archives: Mystery of the Valley-Spirit, School of Healing Arts

Mystery of the Valley-Spirit School of Healing Arts Summer Offerings! We are offering 4 courses this summer. The first (Li-Fa: Principle and Method) is a course on classical herbal formulas and their clinical usages today. We will use classical formulas as a means of exploring the pathology they treat by way of recognizing the underlying [...]

Mystery of the Valley-Spirit School of Healing Arts 谷神不死, 是谓玄牝。玄牝之门, 是谓天地根绵绵若存, 用之不勤。 The Valley-Spirit does not die: her name is the Divine Mother. The portal to the Divine Mother is called the birthplace of Heaven and Earth. Her song continuously resounds as though she is always birthing. Use her song (to its completion), yet she [...]

Currently, Year 2, Section 2 Courses are underway. Anyone over the age of 19 may take any of our courses, with instructor approval. Courses do not need to be taken in order. Interested students should contact Michael directly via email or phone at mgivens.lac@gmail.com and (971) 227-3898. All courses may be taken for CE/PDA by [...]

The Mystery of the Valley-Spirit, School of Healing Arts seeks to meet the needs of the times and the needs of the individual. Our training cultivates each student’s gifts and hidden potentials, and offers advance training in Valley-Spirit healing arts and practice. We offer no dogmatic protocols, no rigid or abstract constructs, and no attachments [...]

Mystery of the Valley Spirit.Program Catalogue.2018 Mystery of the Valley-Spirit School of Healing Arts 谷神不死, 是谓玄牝。玄牝之门, 是谓天地根绵绵若存, 用之不勤。 The Valley-Spirit does not die: her name is the Divine Mother. The portal to the Divine Mother is called the birthplace of Heaven and Earth. Her song continuously resounds as though she is always birthing. Use her [...]

Classical Chinese medicine utilizes the art of diagnosis as its primary modality, and has many time-tested tools at its disposal. Its form of diagnosis comes from an understanding of the fluid nature of the human being. Though we are made of 75% water, we often think of our bodies as hardened forms. The tendency today [...]

A well-run machine does need routine maintenance, but it doesn’t get sick. Do we also need maintenance so that we do not get sick? If so, what is that maintenance. It seems that the latest “health” trends suggest this kind of maintenance, whether it is a certain “superfood” to eat, or a radical diet. Such [...]